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  • Comfy, lightweight travel shoes from AcropedicoUSA
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    Comfy, lightweight travel shoes from AcropedicoUSA

    ByEileen Ogintz April 17, 2019July 16, 2021

    A great bet for long plane rides, cruise ships and to slip on after a long day in hiking boots.

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  • Heading to a national park national park week (or any time)
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    Heading to a national park national park week (or any time)

    ByEileen Ogintz April 11, 2019July 9, 2021

    The annual National Park Week offers daily activities and celebrations at parks and monuments around the country. April 20 kicks it off with National Junior Ranger Day & Entrance Fee-Free Day.

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  • Salamanca Spain from CroisiEurope cruise
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    Salamanca Spain from CroisiEurope cruise

    ByEileen Ogintz April 8, 2019September 16, 2021

    By Eileen Ogintz SALAMANCA, Spain — We are biking across an ancient Roman bridge – so old that it dates to the first century after…

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  • Porto: Booming city in Portugal popular for river cruises
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    Porto: Booming city in Portugal popular for river cruises

    ByEileen Ogintz April 6, 2019July 7, 2021

    This region has become so popular with Americans that TAP Air Portugal now has several non-stop flights a week from the USA and many daily flights from Lisbon which take under an hour

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  • Martinhal – Redefining Lodging for Discerning Families
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    Martinhal – Redefining Lodging for Discerning Families

    ByEileen Ogintz April 4, 2019July 14, 2021

    At the Martinhal Cascais, there are bikes for adults and kids, including with training wheels, at the entrance and an extensive property where to ride. The dining room contains an area where kids can play, complete with a kid-sized kitchen. There is a spa and, of course, pool, and a large kids’ club where even babies are welcomed

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  • Hitting the spa — with (or without the kids)
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    Hitting the spa — with (or without the kids)

    ByEileen Ogintz April 4, 2019July 7, 2021

    That increasingly includes kids as resorts, cruise ships and city hotels offer special treatments — everything from mani-pedis at the JW Spa Chicago and a Tween Delight s’mores manicure with bubbling foot bath and s’mores pedicure at the Allegria Spa at the Park Hyatt Beaver Creek…

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  • Lifestyle and food to admire: Cascais Portugal
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    Lifestyle and food to admire: Cascais Portugal

    ByEileen Ogintz April 3, 2019July 6, 2021

    Having time to enjoy life –- and those dual roles — is a big part of the Portuguese lifestyle, those here tell us, even busy parents with dual-career households and making time for delicious long lunches is part of that.

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  • In Portugal: the Park and Palace of Pena is a story of romance and sorrow
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    In Portugal: the Park and Palace of Pena is a story of romance and sorrow

    ByEileen Ogintz April 3, 2019July 14, 2021

    All kings had palaces but none more famous or arresting with its mishmash of architecture styles than the Palace of Pena near Sintra, Portugal

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  • Exploring family-friendly Portugal just got easier with TAP Air Portugal
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    Exploring family-friendly Portugal just got easier with TAP Air Portugal

    ByEileen Ogintz April 3, 2019July 14, 2021

    Portugal is a great family destination and TAP Air Portugal is greatly expanding its service from the USA this spring and summer

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  • A historic Army post transformed — San Francisco’s Presidio
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    A historic Army post transformed — San Francisco’s Presidio

    ByEileen Ogintz March 28, 2019July 16, 2021

    Welcome to San Francisco’s Presidio — nearly 1,500 acres transformed from a bustling army post to a national park, the largest national park in an urban area, drawing 7.5 million visitors a year

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  • Snow or Summer Sun? Crested Butte CO offers best of both worlds
    Backyard Vacations | Destinations | Families & Groups | Parks & Outdoors | Snow Vacations | Travel Diaries

    Snow or Summer Sun? Crested Butte CO offers best of both worlds

    ByEileen Ogintz March 27, 2019July 14, 2021

    There is biking, hiking, playgrounds, rock climbing and lots of wildflowers—Crested Butte has the moniker for the Wildflower Capital and is packed with tourists in summer

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  • Eagle Creek’s Gear Warrior Bags Make Travel Easy
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    Eagle Creek’s Gear Warrior Bags Make Travel Easy

    ByEileen Ogintz March 26, 2019July 16, 2021

    Eagle Creek’s new Gear Warrior™ Collection is now made with 100% recycled PET fabric, but with all the features that make it a traveler favorite.

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  • Clothes that do double duty for travel
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    Clothes that do double duty for travel

    ByEileen Ogintz March 22, 2019July 16, 2021

    We love clothes that do double(or triple duty) for travel. That’s why we’re fans of of the Discover Baselayer Tight from Obermeyer.

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  • T. rex, ancient queens, the hobbit and more — new museum exhibits
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    T. rex, ancient queens, the hobbit and more — new museum exhibits

    ByEileen Ogintz March 21, 2019July 10, 2021

    There’s no better time to take an afternoon to visit a museum, including some you never knew existed, with your kids on spring break

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  • Last Day at Vail – Best Day of the Ski Season!
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    Last Day at Vail – Best Day of the Ski Season!

    ByEileen Ogintz March 18, 2019July 9, 2021

    And what better place to be than Vail — and Vail’s legendary Back Bowls and Blue Sky Basin. And though much of the terrain is for experts, you’ll find trails that suit every level and every style of skier.

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  • Vail’s only true ski-in ski-out luxury hotel option – newly reopened Hotel Talisa
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    Vail’s only true ski-in ski-out luxury hotel option – newly reopened Hotel Talisa

    ByEileen Ogintz March 15, 2019July 9, 2021

    We’re skiing at Vail on newly groomed slopes after a foot of new snow. Even better, we’re staying at the new 285-room Hotel Talisa, Vail’s only true luxury ski-in, ski out resort.

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  • Legacies of the 10th Mountain Division – all over Vail Colorado
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    Legacies of the 10th Mountain Division – all over Vail Colorado

    ByEileen Ogintz March 14, 2019July 16, 2021

    The newly re-opened Colorado Ski and Snowboard Museum (it’s free!) in Vail is a great place to learn about the tremendous influence those 10th Mountain Division veterans who founded the modern US ski industry

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  • Family-oriented hotel in Vail – The Sebastian
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    Family-oriented hotel in Vail – The Sebastian

    ByEileen Ogintz March 14, 2019July 9, 2021

    Every day at The Sebastian, a family-oriented hotel in the heart of Vail Village, there is a complimentary kids’ activity so parents can relax over a drink in the Frost bar, grab a nap or luxuriate in a spa treatment

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  • Celebrating Leonardo da Vinci 500 years after his death
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    Celebrating Leonardo da Vinci 500 years after his death

    ByEileen Ogintz March 14, 2019July 10, 2021

    Welcome to the new “Leonardo da Vinci’: 500 Years of Genius exhibit at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, which runs until Aug. 25

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  • Clean, safe surface for kids – Go Happy Travel Tray
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    Clean, safe surface for kids – Go Happy Travel Tray

    ByEileen Ogintz March 13, 2019July 16, 2021

    The Go Happy Travel Tray is a clean, firm space for travelers to work, play, and eat while flying

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  • People come to Vail to ski, sure, but also for the spas
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    People come to Vail to ski, sure, but also for the spas

    ByEileen Ogintz March 13, 2019August 22, 2024

    At the Four Seasons Vail, men come for a restorative massage after skiing including the “brew and renew” that incorporates warmed cans of Crazy Mountain Brew rather than hot stones. The treatment finishes with a can of cold beer.

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  • SavingThe Universe For Star Wars Fans
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    SavingThe Universe For Star Wars Fans

    ByEileen Ogintz March 8, 2019July 6, 2021

    Start the countdown to May 31 if you’re headed to California, or August 29 if Florida is a stopover on the way to a galaxy far, far away.

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  • Making the most of it when spring break weather isn’t what you expect
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    Making the most of it when spring break weather isn’t what you expect

    ByEileen Ogintz March 7, 2019May 13, 2024

    The truth is we are all so busy at home that there’s something to be said for some unscheduled time, no matter what the weather

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  • San Francisco – where a hotel is more than just a place to rest
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    San Francisco – where a hotel is more than just a place to rest

    ByEileen Ogintz March 6, 2019July 9, 2021

    In the heart of San Francisco, Parc 55 San Francisco, a Hilton Hotel, has launched a campaign to promote local artists with the continuation of its Art at the Parc series with startup art

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  • Eating Our Way Across San Francisco
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    Eating Our Way Across San Francisco

    ByEileen Ogintz March 5, 2019July 9, 2021

    We ate until we couldn’t eat any more. Dim Sum, Mac and Cheese, Cioppino (Italian fish stew), enchiladas, more Dim Sum. San Francisco is a foodie paradise

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  • From Army Post to nation’s largest urban park — The Presidio San Francisco
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    From Army Post to nation’s largest urban park — The Presidio San Francisco

    ByEileen Ogintz March 3, 2019July 9, 2021

    Welcome to The Presidio, at 1,491 acres with 991 acres of open space—the largest urban national park in the country welcoming 7.5 million visitors a year

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  • Let’s hear it for women pushing their boundaries
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    Let’s hear it for women pushing their boundaries

    ByEileen Ogintz February 28, 2019July 14, 2021

    March 8 is International Women’s Day, which celebrates women’s achievements around the world with everything from conferences to fun runs to festivals

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  • Two new Palladium Hotel Group resorts open in Mexico
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    Two new Palladium Hotel Group resorts open in Mexico

    ByEileen Ogintz February 27, 2019July 10, 2021

    The Palladium Hotel Group celebrated the opening of its two new resorts, TRS Coral Hotel and Grand Palladium Costa Mujeres Resort & Spa, located in Costa Mujeres, Mexico

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  • Ski-in Ski-Out Convenience at Beaver Run Resort in Breckenridge CO
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    Ski-in Ski-Out Convenience at Beaver Run Resort in Breckenridge CO

    ByEileen Ogintz February 25, 2019July 16, 2021

    The bellmen put our skis in the ski lockers; we grab them and get right on the Beaver Run Super Chair at the base of Peak 9. Nice!

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  • Taking the Kids — on spring break 2019
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    Taking the Kids — on spring break 2019

    ByEileen Ogintz February 21, 2019July 16, 2021

    Whether you have just a long weekend — perhaps tacked onto a business trip — or a week, whatever your budget, there is no better time to get away than during the kids’ spring break

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